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979 Springdale Rd #122
Austin, TX 78702

Review: PASSAGE at Bottle Alley Theatre

Review: PASSAGE at Bottle Alley Theatre

by Victoria Schwarz · July 31, 2026

From July 17 through August 1, Bottle Alley Theatre Company presents PASSAGE, an original devised work performed at Smelt House, an intimate performance venue on Austin's East Side.…

Review: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM at City Theatre

Review: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM at City Theatre

by Sabrina Wallace · July 28, 2026

A contemporary soundtrack, Shakespearean verse, and a playful approach give City Theatre’s adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream a distinctive identity. The fairies sparkle, the mechanicals steal the laughs, and the production proves that revisiting the classics can still lead to something une…

Review: 42ND STREET at Georgetown Palace Theatre

Review: 42ND STREET at Georgetown Palace Theatre

by Sabrina Wallace · July 27, 2026

Georgetown Palace's ambitious production of 42ND STREET captures the joy and optimism of Broadway's Golden Age. Strong leading performances, memorable vocals, and undeniable heart make for an entertaining evening that is sure to delight audiences as the production settles into its run.…

Review: THE ADDAMS FAMILY at Magnolia Musical Theatre

Review: THE ADDAMS FAMILY at Magnolia Musical Theatre

by Sabrina Wallace · July 21, 2026

They're creepy, they're kooky... and still irresistible. Magnolia Musical Theatre's free outdoor production of The Addams Family blends laughter, heart and memorable performances into a wonderfully entertaining evening beneath the Texas sky. Regional theatre at its best.…

Review: 8TH FRESH SQUEEZED OUNCE OF OPERA at DadaLab

Review: 8TH FRESH SQUEEZED OUNCE OF OPERA at DadaLab

by Sabrina Wallace · July 21, 2026

Who says opera is only about tragic romance? One Ounce Opera's Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Opera presents three original chamber operas exploring dark comedy, environmental collapse, and survival, proving that this centuries-old art form continues to evolve in exciting and unexpected ways.…

Review: & JULIET at Texas Performing Arts

Review: & JULIET at Texas Performing Arts

by Sabrina Wallace · July 19, 2026

What if Juliet got a second chance? & Juliet delivers a clever twist on Shakespeare with Max Martin's biggest hits, dazzling choreography, vibrant visuals, and a wonderfully engaging cast. Joyful, funny, and irresistibly entertaining from start to finish.…

Review: DISNEY'S THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME at Gaslight Baker Theatre

Review: DISNEY'S THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME at Gaslight Baker Theatre

by Sabrina Wallace · July 19, 2026

Gaslight-Baker Theatre takes on the ambitious The Hunchback of Notre Dame with heart, a beautiful 16-piece live orchestra, striking visuals, and a passionate company. Community theatre at its best: bringing big stories to life through creativity, dedication, and a love of live performance.…

Review: I'M GONNA MARRY YOU, TOBEY MAGUIRE at Ground Floor Theatre

Review: I'M GONNA MARRY YOU, TOBEY MAGUIRE at Ground Floor Theatre

by Sabrina Wallace · July 19, 2026

Celebrity obsession, pop culture, and wonderfully weird comedy collide in I'm Gonna Marry You, Tobey Maguire. Emma Davis leads a committed cast through Samantha Hurley's witty, unconventional script with confidence, proving that bold new plays deserve a place on our stages.…

Past Shows

Frutos de la Muerte

Jun 4 – Jun 13, 2026

Frutos de la Muerte is a devised play by Glass Half Full Theatre that follows a young Guatemalan woman, Ixq'anil, and her aunt Adela, as...

Throwback in 3's

Throwback in 3's

Sep 18 – Sep 20, 2025

Three artists working in different ways investigate the timelessness of art. Throwback in 3’s highlights the ways performance is an ephemeral art. Erica Santiago, Founder...

Waiting for the Bus

Waiting for the Bus

Nov 14 – Nov 23, 2024

Art Spark Texas will present a new work by James Burnside, Waiting for the Bus, Nov. 14-23 at the Ground Floor Theater. The world premier...

Yamel Cucuy

Yamel Cucuy

Oct 11 – Oct 19, 2024

Yamel Cucuy, an original play award-winning play by Glass Half Full Theatre, returns to Austin before heading to Los Angeles.Yamel Cucuy is the story of...

The Normal Heart

FeaturedThe Normal Heart

Sep 6 – Sep 21, 2024

Larry Kramer's landmark play about the early days of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the fight for a public response.

Getting in Bed with the Pizza Man

Getting in Bed with the Pizza Man

Jul 10 – Jul 13, 2024

Fresh from her Los Angeles premiere and back by popular demand, Katie Folger returns to Austin with the one-woman show, Getting in Bed with the...

Clyde's

Clyde's

May 16 – Jun 1, 2024

At Clyde’s, the truck stop sandwich shop offers its formerly incarcerated kitchen staff a shot at redemption. Even as the shop’s callous owner tries to...

White Rabbit Red Rabbit

White Rabbit Red Rabbit

Mar 13

With no rehearsals, no director, a star who doesn't know the showt, and a script waiting in a sealed envelope on stage, internationally acclaimed White...

14/48

14/48

Mar 8 – Mar 9, 2024

Seven world-premiere plays are written, cast, directed, rehearsed, scored, designed, and performed in 24 hours. Then we do it all over again the next night...

Always A Boy

Always A Boy

Feb 15 – Mar 2, 2024

Always a Boy follows Joshua and his family during his gender transition

Jack & Aiden

Jack & Aiden

Nov 30 – Dec 16, 2023

When Aiden first meets Jack, it’s through the transactional world of gay male hookup apps– Aiden’s first exploration since transitioning. But as the two spend...

'Art'

'Art'

Nov 2 – Nov 18, 2023

When Serge purchases an all-white painting for a small fortune, his longtime friendship with Marc and Yvan is put to the test. As the arguments...

It’s About Time … To Celebrate

It’s About Time … To Celebrate

Sep 23

The Austin Gay Men’s Chorus (AGMC)  present their Fall Fundraiser: It’s About Time … To CelebrateIt’s about time: time to raise our voices, time to...

Jenna & the Whale

Jenna & the Whale

Aug 10 – Aug 26, 2023

Jenna, a young surfer, is swallowed by a whale after getting pulled out to sea by a rip current.Inside the belly of the whale she...

Sanctuary City

Sanctuary City

May 19 – Jun 2, 2023

In post-9/11 Newark, NJ, two teenagers who were brought to America as children become one another’s sanctuaries from harsh circumstances. When G becomes naturalized, she...

Mother of the Maid by Jane Anderson

Mother of the Maid by Jane Anderson

Apr 21 – May 6, 2023

Jarrott Productions ends their 22/23 Season with Jane Anderson’s Mother of the Maid at Ground Floor Theatre from April 21st thru May 6th!Mother of the Maid is...

PAGEANT: The Musical Comedy Beauty Contest

PAGEANT: The Musical Comedy Beauty Contest

Mar 3 – Mar 18, 2023

Like no beauty pageant you’ve ever seen before, six contestants (all played by men) vying for the title of Miss Glamouresse compete in swimsuit, talent,...

14/48

14/48

Feb 24 – Feb 25, 2023

After 2 years of missing your lovely faces we are thrilled to have y'all join us for the 7th annual quickest lil theatre festival in...

The Last Five Years

The Last Five Years

Dec 2 – Dec 18, 2022

An emotionally powerful and intimate musical about two New Yorkers in their twenties who fall in and out of love over the course of five...

The Caldera

The Caldera

Oct 25

A benefit reading of a new play by Sarah Saltwick.Lizzie and Maggie hit the open road in search of health care. Up in the New...

Matt & Ben

Matt & Ben

Oct 6 – Oct 8, 2022

In 1994, before Jason Bourne or Bennifer, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck were just two struggling actors trying to make it in the movie business....

Anna in the Tropics

Anna in the Tropics

Aug 11 – Aug 27, 2022

ANNA IN THE TROPICS (winner of the 2003 Pulitzer) is a poignant and poetic play set in Florida in 1929 in a CubanAmerican cigar factory,...

A War of the Worlds

A War of the Worlds

Jun 2 – Jun 18, 2022

Both comic and gripping, A War of the Worlds re-imagines Orson Welles and his radio troupe, The Mercury Theatre, as a group of Black artists...

Dot

Dot

May 13 – May 28, 2022

The holidays are always a wild family affair at the Shealy house. But this year, Dotty and her three grown children gather with more than...

The Voices of Donny Hathaway

The Voices of Donny Hathaway

Apr 22 – Apr 23, 2022

On January 13th, 1979, the world lost Donny Hathaway, one of its greatest musicians and singers. In Robert King Jr.'s new thought-provoking musical, he introduces...

Drag Queen Story

Drag Queen Story

Mar 5

Drag Queen Story Hour (DQSH) is just what it sounds likedrag queens reading stories to children in libraries, schools, and bookstores. DQSH captures the imagination...

Unexpected Joy

Unexpected Joy

Dec 3 – Dec 19, 2021

In modern-day Cape Cod, Joy, a baby boomer and proud hippie, is holding a memorial concert for the other half of her popular musical duo,...

The Laramie Project

The Laramie Project

Oct 21 – Oct 23, 2021

Austin Rainbow Theatre presents their very first production, The Laramie Project.The play examines the murder of Matthew Shepard, a gay Wyoming college student, through the...

rain falls special on me

rain falls special on me

Aug 26 – Sep 4, 2021

When it rains in Austin, Texas, the best place to stay dry through the night is behind the theatre. Weather and circumstance bring together Mikey,...

Trans Lives/Trans Voices

Trans Lives/Trans Voices

Jan 28 – May 27, 2021

Trans and Non-Binary people telling their own stories from their perspective.New stories premier each Thursday night at 7pm starting January 28th. with a live intro...

Abuelita's Christmas Carol

Abuelita's Christmas Carol

Dec 19

Shes no George Bailey! Shes no Ebenezer Scrooge. She is, however, spicier than the both of them. Her name is Rosita, aka Abuelita! Since 2006,...

Single Black Female

Single Black Female

Feb 13 – Feb 29, 2020

Single Black Female is a two-woman show with rapid-fire comic vignettes that explore the lives of thirty-something African American middle-class women in urban America as...

Next to Normal

Next to Normal

Dec 5 – Dec 21, 2019

Ground Floor Theatre has teamed up with Deaf Austin Theatre for our December Musical In keeping with GFTs mission of producing ground breaking works by...

HANG

HANG

Oct 3 – Oct 19, 2019

A crime has been committed. The victim has a choice to make. The criminal is waiting. A shattering new play about one woman’s unspeakable decision....

TRANSom

FeaturedTRANSom

Aug 15 – Aug 31, 2019

This play, devised by the all trans/non binary ensemble, tells the story of a 'found family' living together in the same house. Together, they experience...

Dex & Abby

Dex & Abby

May 16 – Jun 1, 2019

Sean and Corey are enjoying the beginning of a relationship and their new home. Their dogs, Abby and Dex, are not. Abby, Seans young, excitable...

black do crack (remount)

black do crack (remount)

May 1

black do crack is an invitation to transform. It is an exploration of the mythology of the strong black woman. The mother who is not...

Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment

Mar 21 – Apr 6, 2019

As a police inspector investigates a gruesome murder, we journey through the mind of a criminal. What did he do? Why did he do it?...

black do crack

black do crack

Feb 14 – Mar 2, 2019

black do crack is an invitation to transform. It is an exploration of the mythology of the strong black woman. The mother who is not...

Fun Home

Fun Home

Dec 6 – Dec 22, 2018

One of the most groundbreaking productions ever to hit Broadway, Fun Home is the winner of five 2015 Tony Awards including Best Musical. Based on...

Nevermore

Nevermore

Oct 25 – Nov 10, 2018

Nevermore: The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe is a unique and wildly theatrical musical play combining haunting music, poetic storytelling, and...

There and Back

There and Back

Aug 9 – Aug 25, 2018

World premiere of There and Back, by Austin playwright Raul Garza. This new work opens up dialogue about the current immigration crisis with an eye...

White Rabbit Red Rabbit

White Rabbit Red Rabbit

Mar 15 – Mar 31, 2018

WHITE RABBIT RED RABBIT has been called a play. But it’s a lively, global sensation that no-one is allowed to talk about.   Its award-winning...

Gibberish Mostly

Gibberish Mostly

Sep 21 – Sep 30, 2017

A young woman yearns to communicate with her parents as they struggle to understand what’s going on in her mind. Gibberish Mostly takes an unusual...

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Rock of Ages in Austin Rock of Ages
TexARTS (7/10-8/09)
The Book of Mormon (Non-Equity) in Austin The Book of Mormon (Non-Equity)
Bass Concert Hall (6/08-6/13)
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella in Austin Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella
McCullough Theatre (7/23-8/09)
Foster The People in Austin Foster The People
Moody Amphitheater (10/16-10/16)
Anything Goes in Austin Anything Goes
Bastrop Opera House (7/17-8/02)
The Unknown Tour in Austin The Unknown Tour
Julie Rogers Theatre (11/07-11/07)
Fool For Love in Austin Fool For Love
The Stage Austin (7/10-8/02)
Austin City Limits Music Festival: Weekend One – 3 Day Pass in Austin Austin City Limits Music Festival: Weekend One – 3 Day Pass
Zilker Park (10/02-10/11)
A Midsummer Night's Dream in Austin A Midsummer Night's Dream
City Theatre Austin (7/24-8/09)
Sally & Tom in Austin Sally & Tom
Zach Theater (7/22-8/23)